ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2019 Entry 15th May 2019: Post 01: Apricot VS550 Apricot VS550 I purchased this computer thinking that it was part of the Apricot range of machines. Turns out that it was simply an Intel based Windows machine manufactured by Mitsubishi. I kinda lost interest in the computer almost immediately and it went into deep dark storage. I did resurrect the machine some years later but discovered that the battery had fallen over and sadly I needed the system disk and password to boot into the OS. Since then the computer had been used as a base to sit my BBC Master System on. So today I opened the computer up to a very dusty interior and a rather sparse looking motherboard. The computer has a central riser board and there may even be a couple of batteries on the board looking at a restoration project on YouTube. I am guessing that this dates from around 1997/98 and could have had Windows 98 installed. Though more likely Win95 looking at the Pentium fitted. Quite a neat looking machine but sadly I really am not a fan of the desktop style of computer. They just take up way too much space. And the computer now sits back under the Master System and whilst I was tempted to give the interior a clean, in the end I really couldn't be bothered. After all it really is only just a Windows based PC. The Apricot VS550 Type Pentium with MMX Technology Clock speed (Internal) 166MHz / 200MHz / 233MHz Clock speed (External) 66MHz Internal cache 2x16KB Coprocessor Integral Data/address bus 64/32-bits CPU socket type 321-pin ZIF (Type 7) iCOMP Index 2.0 160 / 182 / 203 Core Logic chipset Intel 430HX PCIset RAM: Supplied 16MB / 32MB Maximum 128MB Type 32-bit EDO SIMM Graphics: Controller ATI Mach 264 VT Interface PCI Local Bus Location Motherboard Video memory: supplied 1MB (2MB on 5233 model) Operating System Windows 95, optional DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Apricot VS550

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